Jonathon Colman

In-House SEO – REI

As the in-house SEO at REI, Jonathon Colman helps people find what they’re looking for so that they can enjoy the great outdoors.

For more than a decade, he’s has designed, developed, and promoted web content for large corporations and nonprofits, including REI, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and IBM – winning two Webby Awards for The Nature Conservancy in 2009.

A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso, West Africa), Jonathon studied scientific and technical communication at Michigan Technological University, working his way through school by designing web sites using <table> cells and spacer GIFs. Now he knows better and has recently entered the University of Washington’s Information School to pursue a master’s degree in information management in order to help organizations and companies take their information, content, and data to the next level for the benefit of their users.

You can follow Jonathon on Twitter @jcolman.

Check out Jonathon’s SearchFest 2012 Mini Interview before the big event.